Total Crime Rate
76.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
46.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Moorland Road area has the 31st lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Aberavon , and the 177th highest crime rate of 479 local areas in Neath Port Talbot .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Moorland Road (SA12 6JR) in the last 12 months was 76.9 per 1,000 residents and was 44.9% lower than the Aberavon average (139.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 46.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Moorland Road (SA12 6JR), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 102 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Sandfields East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Heol Bevin | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cwrt Morfa Afan | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ffordd Ysgol | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dalton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heol Bevin | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Swn-Y-Mor | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gol Wg-Y-Mor | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gol Wg-Y-Mor | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gol Wg-Y-Mor | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gol Wg-Y-Mor | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gol Wg-Y-Mor | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gol Wg-Y-Mor | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Gol Wg-Y-Mor | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gol Wg-Y-Mor | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bevin Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bevin Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Heol Bevin | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Heol Bevin | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Heol Bevin | Under investigation |
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